Snow Ball

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 10, 20082,524 views28 comments

This little Japanese snow monkey made itself a nice snow ball and had a fun time playing with it.

I metered off the snow and used some fill flash (tuned all the way down to -3EV) to brighten the face a little.

D2Xs, AF-S 28-70/2.8, 1/180 @ f/8.0, SB800 @ -3EV, ISO 320, handheld

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on April 10, 2008 at 1:28 PM

Marsel, I don't usually post or comment in the fauna gallery, but I am making an exception here only because this image is so exceptional. I love it.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Inglis on April 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Hi Marsel,

Absolutely brilliant shot! I simply love it! It's almost as if he is making the snowball and eyeing up his target!

Registered on October 23, 2007, 26 Posts, 2832 Comments

Comment posted by Clint Faile on April 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM

This is a neat shot and nice job on the exposure. Those eyes are very sharp also.

Registered on September 8, 2006, 84 Posts, 102 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on April 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM

My kids look at me like this when I turn quickly and catch them int eh act of preparing to whack me with a snowball! I had to laugh

Wonderful capture here.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Gaurav Manglik on April 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM

cracking shot. One of the best images I have seen on this forum. This one will stay in my memory.

Registered on December 2, 2005, 191 Posts, 2126 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on April 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM

Beautiful image! I love the simplicity and the intense stare.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Louis Blair on April 10, 2008 at 8:51 PM

Real fun shot.Well done

Registered on March 22, 2008, 11 Posts, 38 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Gomez on April 10, 2008 at 9:47 PM

What an incredible shot!!!

Registered on March 3, 2007, 206 Posts, 1853 Comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on April 11, 2008 at 3:07 AM

Marsel,

as usual from you a very good picture. Well done and thanks also for the technical explanation.

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Martin on April 11, 2008 at 7:29 AM

Wonderful capture Marsel! Incredibly captivating.

Registered on December 6, 2005, 200 Posts, 2209 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on April 11, 2008 at 10:27 AM

Killer shot! I love his posture and attention to you. He seems to be maintaining a watch on you whilst carrying on with the snowball. Marsel, I am running out of superlatives to describe my response to your work.

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by Don George on April 11, 2008 at 12:34 PM

Marsel, Great capture! Very difficult conditions, without your knowledge and expertise this image would have been destined for failure. The detail is excellent.

Registered on November 9, 2007, 13 Posts, 50 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on April 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM

One of the best I've seen of these guys. Excellent!

Registered on December 2, 2003, 1247 Posts, 3439 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Cope on April 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM

Wow, I was thrown back by your ESS post recently, and once again my jaw has hit the floor. This is astounding. The eye contact is just icing on the cake

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Penny H. Creech on April 12, 2008 at 5:00 AM

WOW!

Registered on February 14, 2008, 1 Posts, 35 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on April 12, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Agree with others, beautiful photo!

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Igor Todisco on April 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM

Compliments... the monkey's expression is almost human. Perfect illumination.

Registered on April 12, 2008, 5 Posts, 9 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hahn on April 12, 2008 at 2:26 PM

Marsel,

Great picture. I love the look in the monkeys eyes. It looks like it is either getting mad or thinks that it might be in trouble. Where was the picture taken.

Rich Hahn

Registered on August 16, 2007, 14 Posts, 151 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on April 12, 2008 at 3:17 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Richard - the image was shot in Japan.

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Harsha Jayawardena on April 12, 2008 at 7:48 PM

Lovely. I know now why they are called snow monkeys.
Harsha

Registered on April 2, 2005, 7 Posts, 47 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 14, 2008 at 11:24 PM

You must have known this was going to be good when you took this photo. What a great shot. It must have felt good.

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments

Comment posted by Ashutosh Rajekar on April 15, 2008 at 7:00 AM

Somehow I missed this last week - what a shot! The stare in his eyes is really amazing, well caught. Seems like I have competition for the best snowball maker!

Registered on June 8, 2006, 51 Posts, 910 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Bryant on April 15, 2008 at 11:29 AM

Congrats on the EP.

For a awesome image

Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 15, 2008 at 8:21 PM

Fantastic image Marsel! Very deserving in the EO Award. Congrats.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 16, 2008 at 12:49 AM

Exceptional in every way. As good as it gets, imo.
Congrats on the EP !
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by David Cobb on April 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM

Absolutely wonderful shot Marsel.

David M. Cobb

Registered on December 14, 2007, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments

Comment posted by Justin on April 19, 2008 at 4:57 AM

Superb

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on October 1, 2008 at 10:28 PM

Stunning image!

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